Churn



H. M. FIGG March 3, 1931.

CHURN Filed June 9. 1930 Patented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES Application filed'June 9,

This invention relates to churns and more particularly to the shelves of churns and the salient object is to provide a novel-manner for supporting the shelf or shelves in a'churn,

without the em of the churn. H

An ancillary object of: the invention is to support the shelf in a manner which will plermit easy removal and replacement there- 0 1 I A selected embodimento-f the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and therein Fig. lis a longitudinal sectional View of a typical churn having'my invention associated therewith; a

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantiallyon the line 2-2 of Fig, '1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substanployment of any metal interior 7 tiallyon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. 4

In the drawing wherein a selected embodiment of my invention is illustrated in connection with a typical churn, 4: indicates the drum of the churn which embodies heads 5 and 6 suitably secured at the ends of the drum 4. A spider-7 is secured to the head 5 and is connected to and supported by a suitable driving mechanism generally indicated by 8. A spider 9 is secured to the head 6 and embodies a spindle journaled in the bearing 10in the standard 11, the standard 11 and thevhousing of the driving mechanism 8 being mounted on the floor or other suitable support. It is customary to provide so-called shelves-in a churn and these shelves have in the past been supported by'suitable metal brackets. The disadvantages of the metal brackets were many as will be readilyap parent to anyone skilled in the art and I have 7 so therefore provided an arrangement which obviates the necessity of employing such metal brackets. Usually one or more shelves are arranged in diametrical position in the drum of the churn but for the purpose of description I will describe the mounting of but one of these shelves indicated by 12, it being understood that the other shelves are mounted in an identical manner. In the inner face of the head 5 I provide a recess 13 of a size substantially equal to the cross-sec tion'al ar'ea" of the shelf 12and or afimiiar f into as a tenon andm'anifestly suchan ,ar- I v HERBERT M. FIGG; 0F cn DA R Ramps, IowanssIGlto a TO "orrnnnv-iznnnnan 06B v 'PORATION, or cEDA RAPFDsIQWA AcQBPQ T Pf P F W end of'theshel'f in the'recess 13 it is manifest A thatfth Shelf mustbeffpassed akially-int'othedrum and I thereforeprovid'einthe head 7 "6.an-'opening lf'which is alined with there'- cess- 13. "Thisopen ing 14: is also of a sizesub stantiallyi e'qualto 'andof a shape similarto '"thecros'ssect'ion tungsten 12.1 The shelf "may therefore be passed through the opening 14 and Zone end'there'of disposed in the recess t' 13 the oppositef end beingdisposed-in the v 1 1 opening 14, preferably 'withfth'elend slightly {inward of the face 'of'the head. The outer I -face"of"the head- 6' about the opening '14: is 1 recessedfas-indicatedjat 15in order'that a.

I plate lemay'bedisposea in'this recess-ywith :the face of the platefiu'sh with the face of the head 6; this"plate be by the screws17. V i

"It is manifestfionrthe foregoing descripretained in position and it is also apparent ing secured :in position a tion that the shelf of a churn may be securely that the shelf may be readily removed and ing the plate 16. This plate 16'not only holds replaced when so desired by merely remov-- v the shelf in position but also prevents pas-e sage to and from the interior of the drum thus preventing leakage of the butter from the churn and entrance 0 thereinto.

While I have illustrated and selected embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that this is capable of variaf foreign matter I tion and-modification and it also may-be used to retain one or more shelves 1n a churn 111 any desired relationship Without departing from the purview ofthe following claims. I claim: I a 1. A churn including a drum embodying oppositely disposed heads, a shelf, one of said thereof, the other of said heads having an opening therein through whichjsaid shelf may I be passed whereby one end thereof may be disposed in said recess 6 5 heads having a recess in the inner face described a with the other end thereof in said opening, and means for preventing displacement of the last named end ofsaidshelf from said opening to retain the other end of said shelf in said recess. I t

2. A churn including-a drum; embodying oppositely disposed heads, a shelf, one of said heads having a recess in the inner face thereof of a size substantially equal to the crosssectional areaof said shelf, the other of said heads having an opening therein in alinementwith said recess and of a size substantially equal to the cross-sectional area of said shelf whereby said shelf may be passed through said opening into said drum to dispose one end thereof in-said recess with the other end thereof in said opening, andmeans-for preventing displacement of said lastnamed end of said shelf from said opening to retain the 1 other end of said shelf in said recess,

3. A churn including a drumrembodying oppositely disposed heads, a shelf, one of said heads having a recess in the inner facezthereof V of a size substantially equalto and of; a shape substantially similar to the cross section of saidshelf, the other of said heads having an openingtherein in alinement with said re-' I cess and of a sizesubstantially equalto and of a shape substantially similar to the cross section of said shelf whereby said shelf may be passed through said opening into said drum to "dispose one end thereof in said recess 7 f with the other end thereof-in said opening,

7 a plate disposed over'the oute-rend of said opening, and. meansfor securing said plate in positlon to prevent dlsplacenient of said shelf from said opening and to close said 7 opening thus retaining the other iend of said shelf in said recess.

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